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Originally Posted by Roof-Daddy
Are you saying that the Flames give up more grade A scoring chances than other teams despite giving up fewer shots than any other WC team except one?
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Sure looks that way to me. Not just this year, but going back a few years as well. I don't really care about shots against that is a very misleading stat, when your D is butter soft and the forward don't help or are clueless in their own zone, the goalie is going to face point blank chances. Last game we saw the team literally stand around and watch as St. Louis scored, no goalie is going to compensate for that.
...and I can't state this enough. Suppose you're correct and the team just needs good goaltending. So, what excuse is there that we don't have it? You play Kipper almost every game for years on end, you are not going to develop a good backup, it's not possible. So if you're not going to give your backup a chance to develop, you bring in a veteran and play him 25-30 games/season. But that is not the mentality here, it has always been lean on Kipper as hard as possible, but such a strategy can't last forever. It's just stupid management honestly.